Rouge Garance passé (Dull Madder Red) - the colour of the faded trousers of the French Line Infantry I have written about important collections of colour on several other occasions - most recently Werner's...
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Nov 1st, 2011
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Colour Ranges | Paint Technical |
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Parsons’ Decorative Finishes (15) – ‘PARSONLOID’ Cellulose Lacquer
A previous post has already introduced the subject of a most useful work that was published in the 1930s - Parsons' Decorative Finishes. Subsequently I have used it as a 'prompt' for posts dealing with Water...
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Oct 31st, 2011
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Parsons’ Decorative Finishes (14) – ‘WATER-TEX’ Plastic Paint
A previous post has already introduced the subject of a most useful work that was published in the 1930s - Parsons' Decorative Finishes. Subsequently I have used it as a 'prompt' for posts dealing with Water...
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Oct 30th, 2011
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Patrick |
Aesthetics | Colour Ranges |
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The Perfect Grey (or is it “Gray”?)
A sequence of very pale Pure greys produced by Papers and Paints (SC371-SC375). The sequence continues in gradual steps to off-black It is generally accepted that "Grey" is the English spelling for an achromatic or...
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Oct 11th, 2011
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Parsons’ Decorative Finishes (13) – ‘Mosaico’ Metallic Paint
A previous post has already introduced the subject of a most useful work that was published in the 1930s - Parsons' Decorative Finishes. Subsequently I have used it as a 'prompt' for posts dealing with Imitation...
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Oct 5th, 2011
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Colour Ranges |
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Wartime Camouflage Colours
BS987C: 1942 - Camouflage Colours (1) This is a 'toe-in-the-water' blog. By that I mean that it makes no claim to be a definitive study of British camouflage colours of World War II, merely a distillation of my...
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Oct 2nd, 2011
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Parsons’ Decorative Finishes (12) – ‘Phaltic’ Bituminous Paints
'Phaltic' Bituminous Paints A previous post has already introduced the subject of a most useful work that was published in the 1930s - Parsons' Decorative Finishes. Subsequently I have used it as a 'prompt' for...
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Sep 4th, 2011
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Gilt Leather
Gilt Leather - probably English. Second quarter of the 18th century "The distinct relief in which the patterns could be embossed, the brilliancy of colour of which the leather was susceptible, the high burnish which...
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Aug 27th, 2011
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Parsons’ Decorative Finishes (11) – Graining
A previous post has already introduced the subject of a most useful work that was published in the 1930s - Parsons' Decorative Finishes. Subsequently I have used it as a 'prompt' for posts dealing with Imitation...
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Aug 25th, 2011
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Oxford Ochre
Ochre In common with that other family of pigments dug out of the ground, the umbers, those that were designated ochres saw constant use in house-painting from the earliest times. Not only were they readily...
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